Stamps of Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner(1813-1883), born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813 and died in Venice on February 13, 1883; eminent opera composer, attended the Dresden Kreuzschule. He composed mainly operas(The Flying Dutchmen, Lohengrin, Tannhauser, THe Ring Cycle, Der Meistersinger, Tristan and Isolde, and Parsifal).

Scenes from "Der Ring der Nibelungen"(The Ring Cycle) - Das Rhinegold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung. The Ring is an allegory, and tells of struggle for power between the Nibelung dwarfs, the Giants, and the Gods.